How to remove file.searchmgrd.com pop-up ads [Chrome, Firefox, IE, Edge]

The file.searchmgrd.com page appeared on your machine without any notice? After that, you’re faced with the fact that your web browser is now rerouted to other annoying web-pages and filled with a variety of advertisements and banners. The cause of all your problems with your computer is adware (also known as ‘ad-supported’ software) that has been installed on many PC systems around the world without users permission, so you’re one of many. Most probably, you do not even know how and where this adware has got into your PC. In the step-by-step guide below, we will explain all the general features of adware and its typical behavior on the machine, as well as effective methods for manually removing it from your PC system.

The ad-supported software usually affects only the Google Chrome, FF, MS Edge and Microsoft Internet Explorer by changing the web-browser’s settings or installing a malicious extensions (addons). Moreover, possible situations, when any other web browsers will be affected too. The adware will perform a scan of the personal computer for web-browser shortcuts and modify them without your permission. When it infects the internet browser shortcuts, it will add the argument such as ‘http://site.address’ into Target property. So, each time you open the web-browser, you will see an unwanted file.searchmgrd.com page.

What is more, the adware may open advertisements depend on a site that you are visiting. That is, it’s clear that this adware, without your permission, steals your private information such as: your ip address, what is a web page you are viewing now, what you are looking for on the Internet, which links you are clicking, and much, much more. The adware may monetize its functionality by collecting data from your browsing sessions and selling it to third party companies. This puts your personal information at a security risk.

Therefore it’s very important to follow the instructions below ASAP. The guide will assist you to delete ‘ad-supported’ software as well as clean your machine from the file.searchmgrd.com redirect. What is more, the step-by-step instructions below will help you remove other dangerous software like unwanted toolbars and browser hijackers, which could penetrate the personal computer along with the ad-supported software.

How does file.searchmgrd.com advertisements get installed onto machine

Most often, the freeware installer includes the optional potentially unwanted programs like this ‘ad-supported’ software. So, be very careful when you agree to install anything. The best way is to choose the Custom, Advanced or Manual install mode. Here disable (uncheck) all optional programs in which you are unsure or that causes even a slightest suspicion. The main thing you should remember, you don’t need to install the optional programs which you do not trust! The only thing I want to add. Once the free programs is installed, if you {aninstall} this software, the ad supported software will not be removed. This must be done by yourself. Just follow the step-by-step guide below.

How to manually remove file.searchmgrd.com pop-ups

The simple answer is right here on this page. We have put together simplicity and efficiency. It will allow you easily to clean your personal computer of adware. Moreover, you can choose manual or automatic removal method. If you are familiar with the PC then use manual removal, otherwise use the free anti-malware tool designed specifically to delete adware that causes annoying file.searchmgrd.com . Of course, you can combine both methods. Read this manual carefully, bookmark or print it, because you may need to close your browser or reboot your PC system.

1. Uninstall suspicious and unknown software by using Windows Control Panel
2. Get rid of file.searchmgrd.com advertisements from Google Chrome
3. Delete file.searchmgrd.com ads from Firefox
4. Get rid of file.searchmgrd.com ads from Internet Explorer
5. Disinfect the browser’s shortcuts to remove file.searchmgrd.com redirect
6. Remove unwanted Scheduled Tasks

Remove suspicious and unknown software by using Windows Control Panel

We recommend that you start the PC cleaning procedure by checking the list of installed software and delete all unknown or suspicious programs. This is a very important step, as mentioned above, very often the malicious software such as ad-supported software and browser hijackers may be bundled with free programs. Delete the unwanted software may remove the annoying advertisements or web browser redirect to unknown or unwanted pages.

It will display the Windows Control Panel as shown on the screen below.

Next, click “Uninstall a program” It’ll display a list of all software. Scroll through the all list, and remove any suspicious and unknown programs. To quickly find the latest installed programs, we recommend sort programs by date of installation in the Control panel.

Get rid of file.searchmgrd.com advertisements from Google Chrome

Open the Google Chrome menu by clicking on the button in the form of three horizontal stripes (). It opens the drop-down menu. Next, click the “Settings” option.

Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on the “Show advanced settings” link. Now scroll down until the Reset settings section is visible, like below and click the “Reset settings” button.

Confirm your action, click the “Reset” button.

Delete file.searchmgrd.com ads from Firefox

First, run the Mozilla Firefox. Next, press the button in the form of three horizontal stripes (). It will display the drop-down menu. Next, click the “Help” button ().

In the Help menu, press the “Troubleshooting Information”. In the upper-right corner of the “Troubleshooting Information” page, click “Refresh Firefox” button.

Confirm your action, click the “Refresh Firefox”.

Get rid of file.searchmgrd.com ads from Internet Explorer

First, run the Internet Explorer, then click the button in the form of gear (). It will open the Tools drop-down menu as shown on the image below. Next, click the “Internet Options”.

In the Internet Options window click on the Advanced tab, then click the Reset button. The Internet Explorer will open the “Reset Internet Explorer settings” window as shown in the figure below. Select the “Delete personal settings” check box, then click on “Reset” button.

You will now need to restart your personal computer for the changes to take effect.

Disinfect the browser’s shortcuts to remove file.searchmgrd.com redirect

Click the right mouse button to a desktop shortcut which you use to run your browser. Next, select the “Properties” option. Important: necessary to click on the desktop shortcut for the internet browser which is redirected to the file.searchmgrd.com or other annoying page.

Further, necessary to look at the text which is written in the “Target” field. The adware can change the contents of this field, which describes the file to be start when you open your internet browser. Depending on the web-browser you are using, there should be: Google Chrome: chrome.exe, Opera: opera.exe, Firefox: firefox.exe, Internet Explorer: iexplore.exe. If you are seeing an unknown text such as “http://site.address” that has been added here, then you should delete it, as shown below.

Next, click the “OK” button to save the changes. Now, when you launch the internet browser from this desktop shortcut, it does not occur automatically redirect on the file.searchmgrd.com web site or any other unwanted sites that is advertised by the ad-supported software. Once the step is finished, we recommend to go to the next step.

Remove unwanted Scheduled Tasks

If the unwanted file.searchmgrd.com web-page opens automatically on Windows startup or at equal time intervals, then you need to check the Task Scheduler Library and delete all the tasks that have been created by malicios program.

Press Windows and R keys on the keyboard at the same time. This shows a dialog box that titled as Run. In the text field, type “taskschd.msc” (without the quotes) and click OK. Task Scheduler window opens. In the left-hand side, click “Task Scheduler Library”, like below.

In the middle part you will see a list of installed tasks. Select the first task, its properties will be display just below automatically. Next, click the Actions tab. Pay attention to that it launches on your machine. Found something like “explorer.exe http://site.address” or “chrome.exe http://site.address”, then you need remove it. If you are not sure that executes the task, check it through a search engine. If it is a component of the adware, then this task also should be removed.

Having defined the task that you want to get rid of, then click on it with the right mouse button and select Delete as shown on the screen below.

Repeat this step, if you have found a few tasks that have been created by malicious software. Once is done, close the Task Scheduler window.

How to get rid of file.searchmgrd.com with free malware remover

Remove file.searchmgrd.com advertisements manually is difficult and often the adware is not completely removed. Therefore, we recommend you to use the Malwarebytes Free that are completely clean your machine. Moreover, the free program will help you to delete malware, web browser hijacker and toolbars that your computer may be infected too.

1. Download Malwarebytes by clicking on the link below.
   

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2. Close all programs and windows on your computer. Open the directory in which you saved it. Double-click on the icon that’s named mb3-setup.
3. This will launch the installation of Malwarebytes. Next, click Next button and follow the prompts.
4. Once installation is finished, click on the “Scan Now” button to perform a system scan for the ad-supported software which redirects your web browser to the file.searchmgrd.com unwanted web site. This procedure can take some time, so please be patient.
5. Once the scan is complete, make sure all entries have “checkmark” and click “Quarantine Selected”. When the disinfection is done, you may be prompted to reboot your computer.

These steps above are shown in detail in the following video guide.

Block file.searchmgrd.com pop-up ads and other unwanted pages

To increase your security and protect your system against new annoying advertisements and malicious web sites, you need to use program that blocks access to malicious ads and web pages. Moreover, the program can block the display of intrusive advertising, which also leads to faster loading of web sites and reduce the consumption of web traffic.

Download AdGuard program from the following link.

Once the downloading process is complete, start the file named adguardInstaller. You will see the “Setup Wizard” screen as shown in the following image.

Follow the prompts. When the installation is done, you will see a window as shown on the screen below.

You can press “Skip” to close the setup program and use the default settings, or press “Get Started” button to see an quick tutorial that will help you get to know AdGuard better.

In most cases, the default settings are enough and you do not need to change anything. Each time, when you run your PC, AdGuard will start automatically and block advertisements, web sites like file.searchmgrd.com, as well as other dangerous or misleading web sites. For an overview of all the features of the program, or to change its settings you can simply double-click on the AdGuard icon, which is located on your Windows desktop.

Scan your computer and remove file.searchmgrd.com redirect with AdwCleaner.

This removal program is free and easy to use. It can scan and remove adware, browser hijackers, malware and unwanted toolbars in Chrome, FF, MS Edge and Microsoft Internet Explorer web browsers and thereby restore back their default settings (startpage, new tab page and default search engine). AdwCleaner is powerful enough to find and remove malicious registry entries and files that are hidden on the personal computer.

Download AdwCleaner utility from the link below. Save it to your Desktop so that you can access the file easily.

When downloading is complete, open the file location and double-click the AdwCleaner icon. It will launch the AdwCleaner tool and you will see a screen like below. If the User Account Control prompt will ask you want to display the program, press Yes button to continue.

Now, click the “Scan” for scanning your machine for the ‘ad-supported’ software which cause a redirect to file.searchmgrd.com ads.

When it has finished scanning, it will open a list of all items detected by this tool as shown in the following image.

You need to click “Clean” button. It will show a dialog box, click “OK” to begin the cleaning procedure. Once the cleaning process is complete, the AdwCleaner may ask you to restart your system. After reboot, the AdwCleaner will open the log file.

All the above steps are shown in detail in the following video guide.

Finish words

Once you have finished the steps shown above, your system should be clean from malware and adware. The Google Chrome, FF, Microsoft Internet Explorer and MS Edge will no longer open file.searchmgrd.com annoying ads or redirect you to unwanted pages. Unfortunately, if the few simple steps does not help you, then you have caught a new type of adware, and then the best way – ask for help in our Spyware/Malware removal forum.